Boy stabs mom in back with a knife, to prevent DUI

[Hawkeye16]

If his aim was better(or worse) he could have killed her. Charge him with attempted murder.

 

[Vanguard_Ex]

Now, if he'd tied a couple of mugs to the end of a piece of rope and thrown it at her ankles to trip her up, THAT would be awesome.

As it stands, this is just disturbing and upsetting.

 

[Hollock]

Reminds me of a 'Lawful-Stupid' Paladin I used to play D&D with...

that sounds awesome.

I agree with the OP, if the kid was like 16 or 17, I'd say otherwise. Everything seems to be getting handled properly.

 

[Vanguard_Ex]

Hell you can drive a wheel-barrow when drunk... or at least try.

Yeah, 'try' is probably a better inclusion...trying to keep a wheelbarrow steady can be a challenge at the best of times.

 

[Mstrswrd]

I think the proper question is "Why does he know how to properly throw a Knife?"

 

[Vitor Goncalves]

I don't think he was throwing to stab her, just maybe cut a little bit or hit her with the hilt. I mean, how many fourteen year old kids know how to throw a knife well?

You would be surprised

 

[niglett]

he can be a mascot for anti drunk driving!

the don't drunk drive ninja.

 

[The Cake Is Annoying]

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I will say that this reminded me of what all my C.O.s use say about your buddy being drunk (since you shouldn't be going out in town by yourself in a foreign country - power in numbers idea) "If the Marine you signed out on liberty gets in trouble and you did nothing to stop end then you're in just as much **** as he is. So if your buddy gets drunk and starts acting a fool, knock him the **** out and drag his *** home; he'll thank you later."

Whilst I think this is sensible and effective advice for the Marine corps, and can see the parallels between the situations, I think it cannot be smoothly implemented amongst civies.

Largely because panicking 14 year old boys and drunken mothers are generally as dumb as mud.

 

[Madshaw]

damn good of him to stick up against his parents drink driving (i caved in pon that a few months ago feel shit for it) but throwing a knife at your mom? thats extreame in a realy bad way

 

[Ironic Pirate]

Throwing knives in real life is fucking hard. My wall is dinged up from all the times my knife hit it pommel first...

Poor kid was probably waiting for his 50 points. Luckily his mom had final stand or I wouldn't be making all these jokes.

 

[Bat Vader]

It is good he tried to stop his mom from trying to drive drunk but I think he went about it the wrong way when he threw a knife at her. He had good intentions but went about them the wrong way.

 

[Enigmers]

If his aim was better(or worse) he could have killed her. Charge him with attempted murder.

His mother was driving drunk, should she be charged with attempted murder as well?

 

[ssgt splatter]

uhh...that's whack man.

 

[TheFacelessOne]

Heart in the right place, did it in a bad way.

Though, I guess it is for the best. I mean, he only hurt his mom, while if she want driving, she might've killed herself/someone else + herself, or hurt two people, etc.

 

[Quaxar]

Oh, stupid boy. Why throw a knife and maybe miss when instead you could use it to cut her right Achilles tendon so she can't handle the pedals.

I'm kidding... or am I? No, pretend like I am and don't inform the cops.
At least he tried to be responsible. Not in the best way, but there is one teenager who won't drive drunk and that seems rare these times.

 

[The Night Shade]

he had good intentions but he acted wrong but he shouldnt be punished his mother needs to

 

[asinann]

Well, first thought is that video games will be blamed for this pretty quickly. Second thought is that the boy should have called 911 with his mother's license plate and reported the DUI. That would have been the far more sensible and responsible thing to do. Kudos for the boy's initial attempts to prevent her from driving, but nega-kudos for the knife throw.

Great idea that, the fines for DUI and the loss of license would have been great for his family. But if she was a single mother, at least he wouldn't have had to deal with it any more, once CPS caught wind they would take all the kids away so she could go to jail.

 

[McNinja]

LOL at the kid. On the flip side, the mom might have gotten into an accident and died had she not been stabbed. But then again she could have died from being stabbed...

Oh well. Good intentions, bad execution. Of the intentions. Although if he was actually trying to execute her, it was a pretty bad job.